Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Feathered on all sides.
- 2. In architecture, same as
peripteral . - 3. In botany, surrounded by a wing or thin border.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Arch.) Peripteral.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Feathered all around.
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- adjective architecture
peripteral - adjective zoology
feathered all around
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